fightingly

English

Etymology

fighting +‎ -ly

Adverb

fightingly (comparative more fightingly, superlative most fightingly)

So as to fight, like a fight; ferociously
Synonyms: combatively, pugnaciously
- 1918, Constance Holme, Beautiful End:
  He was only a vague old man who had made a muddle of life, but firmly and fightingly he was sure of that.

References

“fightingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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